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Scoping Study on Valuing Ecosystem Services of Forests Across Great Britain October 2011: Final Report

This study, carried out by EFTEC, reviews existing literature on valuing ecosystem services produced by Britain's forests, identifies gaps in the evidence base and suggests future research priorities whilst highlighting key challenges and uncertainties that could arise from the valuation of ecosystem services. There is also a case study which considers practical market opportunities for forest ecosystem services. 
28 Oct 2024 (Updated date)
PDF (1.52 MB)

Scoping Study on Valuing Ecosystem Services of Forests Across Great Britain October 2011: Case Study (Annex 3)

This case study considers a scenario in which 100 hectares of farmland is converted into a recreation-focussed, urban fringe, woodland site.
28 Oct 2024 (Updated date)
PDF (633.05 KB)

Scoping Study on Valuing Ecosystem Services of Forests Across Great Britain October 2011: Executive Summary

This document outlines the study to review the existing evidence base on the value of ecosystem services.
28 Oct 2024 (Updated date)
PDF (263.21 KB)

Valuing Forest Recreation Activities 2006: Phase 1 Report

This research aims to estimate the effect on consumer surplus of changes in the provision of key forest recreation facilities, to examine the heterogeneity of recreational values across different forest users and uses and to estimate the economic impact of forest recreation activities.
28 Oct 2024 (Updated date)
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Valuing Forest Recreation Activities 2006: Final Phase 2 Report

This research aims to estimate the local economic (income and employment) impacts of forest recreation, to estimate changes in forest visitors’ welfare associated with improvements to the recreational facilities provided in forests and to examine how the recreational values vary across different forest users and uses.
28 Oct 2024 (Updated date)
PDF (310.12 KB)

Valuing Forest Recreation Activities 2006: Technical Annex

This technical annex provides further details of the theory, methodologies, and analysis used in the Forestry Commission's commissioned report 'Valuing Forest Recreation Activities'.
28 Oct 2024 (Updated date)
PDF (619.28 KB)

Valuing Forest Recreation Activities 2006: Summary

The study looks specifically at recreational users of forests, with the first stage focusing on the local economic impacts of visitors.
28 Oct 2024 (Updated date)
PDF (31.56 KB)

Economic Benefits of Accessible Green Spaces for Physical and Mental Health: Scoping Study

The scoping study investigates the economic benefits, in terms of physical and mental health, of changes in the provision of accessible greenspace. The study reviews existing research evidence and methodologies, and sets out proposals for subsequent research.
28 Oct 2024 (Updated date)
PDF (576.76 KB)
Factsheet

Benefits of Forestry - A Summary

A summary of the 2003 study on the benefits forests and woodlands provide to people in the UK. 
17 Apr 2025 (Updated date)
PDF (388.28 KB)
Economics and impact

Forests' Role in Tourism: Phase 1 Report

The study aims to provide information on the role of various forest characteristics and attributes ingenerating visit-related expenditures. Phase 1 of the study (to which this report relates) is a scoping study to investigate existing research,methodologies and data relevant to the terms of reference.
28 Oct 2024 (Updated date)
PDF (225.40 KB)

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